STATE EX REL. PAC. EMP. INS. v. WKRS' COMP.

No. 87-454.

749 P.2d 522 (1988)

STATE of Montana, ex rel., PACIFIC EMPLOYERS INSURANCE CO., Relator, v. The WORKERS' COMPENSATION COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA, the Honorable Timothy W. Reardon, Presiding and Peter J. Worts, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided February 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Utick & Grosfield, Andrew J. Utick (argued), Helena, for relator.

Lloyd E. Hartford (argued), Billings, and Timothy J. Reardon, Workers' Compensation Judge, Helena, for respondents.

Crowley Law Firm, T.G. Spear, Billings, for America Ins. Co., et al., amici curiae.

Faye B. McKnight and Roy Andes, Helena, for Family Mediation Services, et al., amici curiae.

James E. Vidal, Kalispell, and John H. Bothe, Columbia Falls, for Arco Metals, amicus curiae.


WEBER, Justice.

This is an application for writ of supervisory control. Pacific Employers Insurance Company (Pacific) asks the Court to overturn the determination of the Workers' Compensation Court that the 1987 amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act concerning dispute resolution and mediation do not apply to this case. We have accepted original jurisdiction. We reframe the issue as follows: Do the 1987 amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act concerning dispute...

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